Psychometric Glossary
Psychometric testing can be a rather confusing field. Make sense of it all with our Introduction to Psychometrics and all the different Types of Psychometric Test
There are also a wide range of technical terms, many of which sound quite similar. Allow us to help, with this glossary of psychometric terminology!
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Assessment Centre / Assessment Center
Behavioural Competency / Behavioral Competency
Computerised Classification Testing (CCT) / Computerized Classification Testing
Development Centres / Development Centers
Example Questions / Sample Questions
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
GRE (Graduate Records Examination)
Industrial Psychology or I/O Psychology
IQ Test (Intelligence Quotient Test)
Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
Likert Scale (Likert-type scale)
MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
MGIB (Management and Graduate Item Bank) (SHL Test)
Occupational and Organisational Psychology
Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)
Parallel (or Alternate) Test Form
Personality Inventory / Profile / Test / Questionnaire
PQA Interview (Personal Qualities & Attributes)
SAT (formerly the Scholastic Aptitude Test / Scholastic Assessment Test)
Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
Standard Error of Measurement (SEm)
Standardised Testing / Standardized Testing
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
UKCAT (UK Clinical Aptitude Test)